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www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm -
An award winning environmental site
for kids and
teachers! Includes lesson plans, printables,
contests, games, and more! |
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Connect
Your students to Real World Economic Issues
The
Currency Museum of the Bank of Canada has developed
interactive programs designed to teach students about money
and the economy. All our programs are FREE.
The choice is yours! Check out the the
Learning Centre
under Teachers
for curriculum-based lesson plan ideas about money or the Bank
of Canada or Learn &
Play for
information to help you with your homework assignments or to
learn more about money. |
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Chalk Talk is a weekly e-newsletter
produced for Canadian educators by CoEd Communications
Inc., available at no charge by subscription.
Chalk Talk contains a treasure trove of timely articles,
facts and figures, and features information on free,
quality, curriculum-based teaching resources that
teachers can use to create interesting and topical
lesson plans on a variety of subjects from Canadian
History, the Environment, Social Trends and Human
Rights, to Literacy and Numeracy.
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This interactive
online community centre provides students with comprehensive
curricular support and self-help tools on topics including
diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health,
diversity, family life, and more.
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Funded by the Ministry of Education, the
Independent
Learning Centre is a recognized leader in distance
education. It creates and delivers an accessible, dynamic,
and varied suite of English and French resources to the
learners of Ontario. |
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Teacher for free online tutoring with certified
Ontario teachers for high school and ILC students.
Get homework help! |
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www.campsite24.ca/
For both students and teachers this site brings
Ontario's parks and protected areas to your home,
classroom or library. Have fun while you explore
the site and learn about environmental protection,
plants and wildlife and Ontario's magnificent provincial
parks. |
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http://nortellearnit.org/
An initiative to
prepare teachers, students, and learners of all ages to
develop 21st century skills that will provide a basis for
ongoing engagement in learning and personal achievement |
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Class Homepage Builder from Scholastic
Ensure that parents stay in
touch with what's happening at school — a practice that's
proven to boost student achievement!
• Keep parents in the loop.
• Put printable parent forms online.
• Post answers to common questions.
• Make sure students have the reading and spelling lists.
• Celebrate student achievements.
• Let parents e-mail you from your Homepage - cut the number
of calls you need to return! |
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Meet
Captain Copyright!
A super hero who can help kids and teachers with all their
copyright problems! Includes classroom activities,
colouring pages, free stuff and more! |
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WHO IS THE
GREATEST CANADIAN?
www.cbc.ca/greatest/index.html
Nominations were
made between April 5 & May 16, 2004.
This site includes information for teachers. |
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March 2nd is the
100th anniversary of Dr. Seuss’s birthday!
Tip your hats to
Dr. Seuss and let the Seuss-a-bration begin with a collection of fun
activities...
www.seussville.com/seussentennial/participation1.html
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To learn more about the world of Dr.
Seuss... |
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www.seussville.com/
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Provides the biography of Dr. Suess, online games, a list of Dr.
Seuss books, and more. |
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www.seussville.com/university/ - Have fun
while learning basic reading, math, science, and reasoning skills in this brand-new interactive learning environment. |
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Stanley told his
parents how he felt. "It's the other kids I mostly mind, " he
said. They don't like me any more because I'm different.
Flat."
"Shame on them," Mrs. Lambchop said. It is wrong to dislike people
for their shapes. Or their religion, for that matter, or the
colour of their skin."
"I know," Stanley said. "Only maybe it's impossible for everybody
to like everybody."
"Perhaps," said Mrs. Lambchop. "But they can try." |
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from Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown |
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For
How it Works, Curriculum Connections, Interesting Links, a Flat
Stanley Tracing Template, and more...
http://www.flatstanleyproject.com |
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Be Web Aware
is a national, bilingual public education program on Internet
safety. The objective of everyone involved in this project is to
ensure young Canadians benefit from the Internet, while being
safe and responsible in their online activities.
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 Classic
Bestsellers
Here's a
neat chart
from BookMagazine that shows the best selling classics in 2002, according to
BookScan. The top 5 are: The Hobbit, Catcher in the Rye, Red Tent, To Kill a
Mockingbird, and Lord of the Flies. |
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In the 80 years
since Time Magazine went into print, history has been defined by many key
moments...
www.time.com/time/80days/
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Provides teachers and students
access to quality practices and resources in reading and
language art instruction...
www.readwritethink.org |
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Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a
difference. -- Barbara
DeAngelis |
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Interested in encouraging kindness in the classroom?
Visit ...
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